Explore the basics of engineering and discover more about Simple Machines through hands-on activities and challenges for the inclined plane, lever, pulley, screw, wedge, and wheel & axle. Designed with multiple grade levels in mind, this

Looking for Fall Activities? Explore Life Sciences/Earth Sciences with your class to discover more about owls through research and hands-on activities. Students will create their own nonfiction book about owls. Includes pellet dissection chart,

An investigative Science unit on snow and other winter weather. *This is part of my Winter Science Bundle
Please see the preview to see all that is included.
---------WHAT'S INCLUDED?---------
Snow Scientific Journal for an interactive notebook:

This Sap to Syrup spring science and social studies resource has activities for both Canadians and Americans. Whether you are taking your students to the sugar bush or just want them to experience it in the classroom, this resource is sure to

Signs of Fall
Fall/Autumn Seasonal Changes Unit: Science based unit about the changes observed in nature during fall. It includes two outdoor activities for students to make observations and record their findings. Sink the Pumpkin experiment can be

Looking for a writing activity? Teach the structure and purpose of friendly letters. This unit covers writing to inform, thank, invite, persuade, and apologize.
Reinforce these capitalization rules:
1. Capitalize the first word in sentence
2.

Black History Month in Canada Resource!
Inspiring Canadians is a Social Studies resource designed for the Canadian classroom. It introduces students to a famous Canadian through story and vocabulary specific to the person's legacy. This resource

Signs of Winter: Science based unit about the changes observed in nature during winter.
This bundle includes: Winter Weather (Snow Science) and Animals in Winter
Winter Weather (Snow Science) is an investigative Science unit on snow and other

Grab your passport and travel around the world as you read folktales, fairy tales, fables, pourquoi, and tall tales.
Students can make their own reading passports and collect book stamps as you read and hear folktales from around the world!

The Rube Goldberg mini-unit is an imaginative and solid launching point for machines. It sparks creativity, and sets a mindset for inventing machines and solving problems as an engineer.
For the Teacher:
- Overview of mini-unit plan
- Bulletin

Looking for Fall Activities or a Halloween science topic? Explore Life Sciences/Earth Sciences with your class to discover more about bats through research and hands-on activities. Connects bats to other living things, like people, mammals, and

Bible activities and worksheets for teaching the creation story according to Genesis 1-2:3.
Use at home, in church for Sunday School, or in a Christian school classroom. It works with a variety of age groups.
Includes:
- Days of Creation Posters

A Science-Based Unit with Reading, Writing, and Informational Text Activities. This complete unit allows students to create their own nonfiction book about apples. Includes photographs and informational text. Guide your class to discover more about

This Easter resource is an easy to use unit for Christian school classrooms or Sunday School! This works really well as a lapbook in a file folder.
Includes:
- Easter Egg Retelling Flip Book (2 differentiated versions)
- Easter Egg Hunt for the

Cut and paste owl craftivity and visual life cycle pieces. The visual pieces work well for an interactive science centre table or for use on a classroom poster/bulletin board.
*The life cycle worksheet is included in my complete Owl Unit

Hibernation, migration, and adaptation sorting cards and worksheets perfect for centers or homeschool curriculum. A PowerPoint Presentation version of "Who Am I?" is included to allow you to use it as a whole class activity or on an

Nativity
Christian
Put the spotlight on Jesus at Christmas and celebrate his birth with this "Born is the King" Christmas package. It's an easy to use unit for Christian school classrooms or Sunday School! I've used it in both. This works really

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Having taught in a variety of primary grades, I feel privileged and excited to create and recreate engaging units and resources for K-4. I have also worked as an EA and with preschool aged learners.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in providing each student with the tools he or she needs to be successful. My favourite subjects to teach are the ones full of hands-on discovery. I try to make lessons that are meaningful, relevant, and exciting to kids.